According to PIA, the airline will operate two direct flights to Paris on a weekly basis.

ISLAMABAD: The first direct flight from Islamabad to Paris took off on Friday as the Pakistan International Airlines resumed its long-awaited flights to Europe in more than four years, marking

ISLAMABAD: A sure-shot relief for Europe-bound Pakistani travellers as the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) resumed its direct flights to Paris Friday, marking the end of a four-and-a-half-year-l

Pakistan International Airlines resumed its flights to Europe on Friday six weeks after the European Aviation Safety Agency lifted its four-year safety standards ban, the state-owned Radio Pakistan reported.

Pakistan's state-run carrier PIA has resumed flights to Europe after the EU lifted a four-year safety ban. A flight operated by state-run Pakistan International Airlines took off for Paris from Islamabad on Friday morning as the carrier resumed direct flights to Europe following the lifting of a European Union ban.